Question Treasurer couldn’t answer
The Treasurer has been grilled over a “missing $3bn” uncovered by Labor in the budget, but he denies there’s anything to see there.
Federal Budget
‘Fake tan’: PM cops brutal budget sledge
The Morrison government’s pre-election federal budget has been labelled as having all the sincerity of a fake tan in a stinging rebuke.
Hospital waiting list crisis ‘could cost PM election’
The lack of spending on Medicare and hospitals is a disaster for patients already suffering, a health chief has warned.
Don’t get used to cheaper petrol
While a huge 22 per cent cut to the fuel excise is expected to deliver big savings, there’s a sting in the federal budget’s brief reprieve for motorists.
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‘Give the banks a bit of a touch up’
CAN Australia both fund the NDIS and find the sunlit uplands of surplus all while keeping the government’s poll numbers above water? The answer is to hit up the economy’s most profitable sector.
Joe’s Budget verdict (now tax free)
JOE Hildebrand reveals what the government is really trying to do with the Budget and whether it will work or not. (Spoilers … if they call it a “levy” … it’s probably a TAX!)
$300m to slash company red tape
BUDGET 2017 is investing $300 million to help state and local government slash regulations that hinder small business growth and competition.
Budget changes you need to know
SMALL business owners will benefit from tax changes and other plans outlined in Budget 2017.
What the Budget means for Victoria
VICTORIA will be offered billions of dollars in cash to put towards roads and rail if it agrees to sell its share of the iconic Snowy Mountains Scheme, while a Melbourne airport rail link could be on track at last.
ScoMo’s Budget for ‘better days’
SCOTT Morrison has used the Federal Budget to reset the Government’s agenda by guaranteeing Medicare, fully-funding the national disability scheme and introducing tough new measures to crackdown on welfare cheats — including drug tests.
All debts are off: Budget set for surplus
THE federal Budget will be back in the black to a tune of $7.4 billion in four years, according to Treasury forecasts.
Big banks cough up $6.2b extra in tax
THE big banks will have to cough up an extra $6.2 billion in taxes over the next four years to pay for a crackdown on customer rip-offs.
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